Grain-drill, disk, and hoe.



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(Application mea .my 1s, 1901.)

(No Model.)

Witwen o UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES' W. LovE, oF NEW ATHENS, onio.

lamm-DRILL., DISK, AND HOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,526,dated'Februai-y 18, 1902.

Application filed July 13, 1901. Serial No. 68,247. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. LovE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Athens, in the county of Harrison and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Grain-Drill, Disk, and Hoe, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to grain-drills, and more particularly to acolter attachment adapted to be used in connection with the drill-tube.

The object of the invention is to provide a colter-disk for opening ordividing the ground prior to the introduction of the drill-hoe; and astill further object is to provide an attachment to prevent grass,weeds, or any obstacle passing up between the colter-disk and drilltube.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, inarranging a colterdisk in advance and adjacent to the drilltube,arranging a bifurcated hoe or tooth upon the end of the drill-tube, andattaching the cutter-bar adjacent to the colter-disk, the free endthereof resting in the bifurcation of the hoe or tooth for the purposeof preventing anything passing between the colter and drill-tube.

The invention consists also in certain dpetails of construction andnovelties of combination, all of which will be fully described" is asection illustrating a slight modification.Y

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the ordinary drill-tube,attached, as usual, to the parallel supporting beams B. Dependingjournal-brackets C are attached to the beams B, and between thesejournal-brackets is arranged the colter-disk D,the edges D4 of which aresharpened to cut or divide the ground through which the colter rolls.The brackets C are so arranged with reference to the ends of the beams Bthat the colter will rest very close to the drill-tube. A sleeve D2 isriveted to one side of the disk D and a collar D3 to the opposite side,and a bearing-sleeve D4 is located in the said sleeve and collar and thecentral opening of the disk. The bolt D5 passes through the said sleeveand also through the journal-brackets O, the purpose of the sleeve D4being to take the strain or friction o the disk. Bracket-arms C counectthe journal-brackets O to the drill-tube A, rearwardly-extendingguide-lugs C2 bei-ng provided for the attachment of the saidbracket-arms, and the depending guide-lug C3 is also formed upon thelower edge of the journal-brackets, and to this depending lug isattached a cutter-bar E, the lower end of which is curved inwardly tobring it into alinement with the edge of the colter-disk, said endresting in the slot or bifurcation F of the drill tooth or hoe F,secured upon the end of the drill-tube. This cutter bar or arm Eprevents grass, dirt, or other obstacles passing up between thecolter-disk and drill-tube. By means of this attachment, which can beused in connection with anygrain-drill, I am enabled to plant or drillin any kind of ground, and the device can also be used upon the hillsideequally as well as upon a level surface. The hoe and cutter-bar are madedetachable, so they can be removed when desired for the purpose ofsharpening. It' desired,the bracketarms C can be arranged adjacent tothe colterdisk for the purpose of scraping or cleaning the sides of thesame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. The combination with a'drill-tube having a bifurcated tooth or hoe,of a colter-disk arranged in advanceof the drill-tube and adjacentthereto, and a cutter-bar secured at its upper end, and having its lowerend arranged in the bifurcation of the drill hoeor tooth, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination with the drill-tube having the bifurcated tooth orhoe, of the journal-brackets connected with the said drilltube, thecolter-disk arranged between the journal-brackets, and the cutter bar orarm secured at its upper end to one of the brackets and the lower end ofsaid bar resting n the bar or arm attached to one of thejournal- 1obifurcation of the tooth or hoe, substantially brackets, the lower endof said bar or arm as described. resting in the bifurcation of the toothor hoe,

3. The combination with the drill-tube and substantially as set forth. 5supportinfr-beams of the journal-brackets atn tached to tbhe said beams,the colter-disk jour- CHARLES W LOVE naled between said brackets, thebracket- Vitnesses: arms connecting the drill-tubes and bracket, J. B.WILLIAMSON,

the bifurcated hoe or tooth, and the cutter DAVID MCOALL.

